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Preventive Officer, the Deputy Chief Preventive Officer, two Assistant Chief Preventive Officers, an inspectorate of 194, and 137 other ranks. The first recruits to the new grades were taken into the Service in September, but the transition to the new establishment will not be completed until early in 1959 when, for the first time for several years, all vacancies are expected to be filled.
The allocation of duties between the two major sections of the Service, the Investigation Branch and the Operations Branch, was also re-arranged in the course of the year. The former now deals with anti-smuggling research, factory inspections, excise and legal proceedings, while the latter is responsible for maintaining anti- narcotics control and, where necessary, a round-the-clock system of patrols on land and sea. Control over the sea lanes is carried out by a fleet of six patrol launches and one fast pursuit launch.
OVERSEAS REPRESENTATION
There is a Hong Kong Government Office in London, adminis- tered by a Director and situated in Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. There is also a Hong Kong Section, under a Representative with the rank of First Secretary, attached to the British Embassy, Tokyo: the Representative's official address is Naka 8th Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo.
Among Commonwealth countries, India is represented in Hong Kong by a Commissioner, and the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Pakistan by Trade Commissioners. Consulates-General are maintained by Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Panama, the Philippines and the United States. Consulates are maintained by Argentina, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Vietnam. The consular representatives of Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Poland, Spain and Turkey resident in London, and the Israel Trade Commissioner resident in Bombay, have jurisdiction extending to Hong Kong. Austria, Burma, Costa Rica, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, the Irish Republic, Nicaragua, and Spain have Honorary Consuls resident in Hong Kong. In addition, France, Italy and Thailand have Trade Commissioners, while Austria has an Honorary Trade Representative, all resident in the Colony.